A Quick & Easy Doily Bunting - Tutorial!

This quick, very easy craft took me less than 15 minutes and cost less than $10! It makes an amazing decoration for a baby shower, party, Valentine's Day, or--as I plan to use it--in a little girl's room.

Have you see the pretty little doilies for sale at Michael's? They're in the $1 bins, and I've purchased tons of them so far. I hope they keep selling them!

Using five pink doilies, I cut each one in half straight down the middle.

Then I picked out a pretty coordinating ribbon. This project required less than 5 yards.

First, I tied a bow in the end of the ribbon, just to gauge where I wanted to start sewing in my doilies.

Using a zig-zag stitch, I sewed the doilies into the ribbon, folding the ribbon in half over the edge.

I didn't even bother pinning or ironing the ribbon, I found it easy enough to just place the doilies and fold the ribbon as I sewed along. Between doilies I left about an inch of space, but I think you could adjust this to zero space, or several inches, depending on how long you want your bunting to turn out.

The zig-zag stitch was perfect to secure the doily, despite the gaps in the crochet work.

Once I finished sewing the doilies in, I trimmed and tied off the other end of ribbon...

I love the end result! A pretty, dainty little {long!}doily bunting to decorate with. {I'll put it in my daughter's room, but she was napping during the photo shoot.}

Michael's had different color doilies, I believe I saw blue, green, pink, and white. I think the pink is perfect for Valentine's Day.

Isn't it sweet? And seriously, SEW EASY! I was shocked at how quick this project was from start to finish.

Hmm... I might have to make more because I'm liking how this looks in the living room...